I don't seem to have these problems. I use xbattbar without problem. I use this acpi_dsdt code: http://www.guldan.cistron.nl/acpi_dsdt.dsl On Sun, Aug 31, 2003 at 07:50:03PM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > I got interested in this recently because I inherited one of these > laptops from work. > > On Wed, 30 Jul 2003, Cagle, John (ISS-Houston) wrote: > > I just updated to F.15, and it does indeed fix the windows bit in the > output of 'acpidump -d'. However, even with Tony's recommendation of > removing the acquire/release of _GL in methods C12C and C12D, I still > can't get xbatt or wmbattery to run, even with the very latest -current > (which has had at least one acpi stack upgrade since 7/30). When I run > either command, it locks the box tight. If I ever get a cursor back, I > have to Ctrl-Alt-Backspace to get out of X, since I can't actually type > anything. > > I have a feeling that my acpi table didn't actually get overridden > though, due to the following from dmesg: > > ACPI: DSDT was overridden. > -0424: *** Error: UtAllocate: Could not allocate size 6e49202a > ACPI-0428: *** Error: Could not allocate table memory for [/* > ] length 6e49202a > ACPI-0368: *** Error: Could not copy override ACPI table, > AE_NO_MEMORY > > Also, the "before" and "after" acpidump's don't show anything different. > So, I'm curious if wmbatt is still working for Tony and Robert or not > with the latest -current. > > The other problem I'm having is that doing 'sysctl -a', or just 'sysctl > hw.acpi' locks the system tight for a couple minutes, and never > completes. The last line that's printed to the screen is: > > hw.acpi.thermal.tz1._ACx: -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 -1 > > Any ideas on that one? > > Thanks, > > Doug > > -- Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? FreeBSD: Are you guys coming or what? OpenBSD: He guys you left some holes out there!
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